By JACK BROOK, JIM MUSTIAN and SARA CLINE Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The second-guessing began before the bodies had been cleared from the debris of the deadly Bourbon Street truck attack. A law firm signed up survivors of what it called a "predictable and preventable" tragedy. ...
By HALLIE GOLDEN and LESLIE AMBRIZ Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Arianna Buturovic kept a wary eye on distant smoke from the rescue shelter she runs outside Los Angeles for dogs at risk of being euthanized. Within hours, nearby mountains were ablaze and fire began encircling ...
By ALMA SOLÍS Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — The administrator of the Panama Canal said Friday that the vital waterway will remain in Panamanian hands and open to commerce from all countries, rejecting claims by President-elect Donald Trump that the United States should take it ...
By KATE BRUMBACK and TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A powerful winter storm that dumped heavy snow and glazed roads with ice across much of Texas and Oklahoma lumbered eastward into Southern U.S. states Friday, making for dicey travel and a rare snow day for many ...
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. job growth surged and unemployment fell last month, an unexpected show of strength that may prove costly to homebuyers and businesses who were counting on sharply lower interest rates to lower the cost of buying everything from ...
By ZEKE MILLER and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will deliver a farewell address to the nation Wednesday from the Oval Office, five days before President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in. The president's remarks at 8 p.m. Eastern are set to be his ...
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI must remain independent, above the partisan fray and "committed to upholding the rule of law," outgoing Director Christopher Wray said in a farewell address just days before his expected retirement at the conclusion of the Biden ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Investigators are considering an array of possible ignition sources for the huge fires that have killed at least 11 people and destroyed thousands of homes and businesses in the Los Angeles area. In hilly, upscale Pacific Palisades, home to Hollywood stars like Jamie Lee ...
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Earlier this week, as hurricane-strength winds blew through bone-dry hillside subdivisions, Los Angeles saw its worst nightmare realized as long-predicted firestorms engulfed wide swaths of the nation's ...
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A retired Navy intelligence officer who was cleared of the most serious charges in his U.S. Capitol attack trial alongside Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes avoided additional time behind bars when he was sentenced on ...
